Ice-creeper



UNITED, STATES PATENT 1 O ICE.

v JAMES F. COMFORT, OF KENDALL CR EK,- PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-C'REETPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,272, dated February 21, 1 93. 1

Application iiled Septeniherl, 1892. Serial No. 444,775- tI lomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JA ES F. COMFORT, of Kendall Creek, in the county of McKean and Stateof Pennsylvania, have'invented a new and Improved Coasting-Sandal, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

. My invention relates toimprovements in sandals such as are adapted; tolb usedin coasting, or 1n walking upon froze 1ce..

simple form of sandal which may be easily adjusted to any ordinary sized feet, which will thoroughly .protect'the usual foot-wear, so

that .in coasting'a'nd steering the said foot- To this end, my invention consists in a coast- :ing sandal, theconstruction of which will be hereinafter described and claimed. 1

Reference is 'to be had to the accompanying drawings forming-a part'of this specification, corresponding parts in all the views.

in which similar figures ofreference indicate .Figure "1 is a-sideelevation of the device embodying my invention,-showingit as ap- 4 7 h v which areadapted to be secured to the fiexi Pble upperli' which fitsjover the toe of the foot. The heel piece11 has its upper portion 16; shaped to correspond-with. the shape of fj x451 l 17 ,wl1ichextendsforward beneath t e shank 10f the'foot. The shank 17 carries near its plied to an ordinary shoe; Fig.2 is an inverted plan of the'same; and 'Fig. 3 is across sec- .tion on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2, showing the manner of fastening the two adjustable parts of the'sandal together. 7

The sandal is composed essentially of two opposite end portions consistingof a toe piece 10 and heel piece 11, these-being adapted to fit respectively upon thetoe and heel of a boot or shoe12. i. The toe piece '10 has axthick portion \13, which may be madeof metal if desired, an'd'this has side flanges 14,

the healer counter oi the shoe, a'ndthe heel piece and toe piece arecon'nected b a shank front end a fastening key 18, which 'is com- E 3d 1? an upwardly extendi g tongue 19,

to move in a longitudinal slot 20, in the The object of my invention is to produce" a upper portion 13 of the toe piece, and proone of a series of sockets 22, which are pro- :duced in the part 13 and with-a head on its outer end fitting in a recess of the shank. It

will be seen then that when the cross piece 21 is turned so as to align with the slot 20, the" heel and toe pieces may be moved in relation to eachother, andwhen the cross"-piece is held in one ofiithe "sockets 22, the heel and toe pieces will have relatively fixed positions.

I have shown the above as a simple means of fastening the two parts of the sandal together, but anysuitable fastening devices-may be-nsed.

1 Thesandal has at -the'heel and onthe b'ack side, a blade 23, which is made of metal, and Y which may be used to advantage in steering a strapr24, which extends over the instep of the footand through slots25in1the frontportion of the heel piece and rear portion'of the toe piece, the ends of the strap'beingsecured together by an ordinary buckle 26. Both the on the bottom with spurs 27, which project into the snow or ice and enable the wearer to walk without slipping.

' From the foregoing description it will be seen that the sandal may be .easily adjusted ,heel and toe piece of the sandal are provided I to any foot, andthatit will protect the foot and enable the wearer to walk easily. In the drawings," the sandal appears unnecessarily heavy,but-the parts are exaggerated to clearly show the, construction.

. Having'thus d'escribed my invention, I I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters '.Patent-- f1. Thehereindescribedcoastingsandal,c0n-.-'

sisting of thetoe piece .10 formed of the flexible uppe'r 15, thebottom 13 provided with the flange 14 and spurs 27,- the heel-piece 11 hav ing its upper portion shaped to fit upon the heel portion of a shoe and providedwith the curing the said pieces to'the foot of the'wearer, substantially tie-described.

shank 17 adjustably secured to'the toe"piece," the spurs .27 on its bottom, and the rearwardly rprojeetingblade 23, and "the. strap 24'for seloo 2. In' a coastingsandaly'the omm nds 70 the sandal. The sandal is heldto the foot by r i 

